Smart Transportation

Published: January 30,2016| New Delhi For the past month, Delhi Metro has been quietly testing trains at its Mukundpur depot in the northern part of the city. Earmarked to be deployed on the two new corridors coming up in phase …

ZipGo has yet again suspended its service in Bengaluru after the Karnataka transport department cracked down on it for not having the right permit to operate in the state. ZipGo functions in the same space as the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport …

The AAP government told the Delhi High Court that Uber, Ola, other aggregators of taxis or any operator, ought to be regulated in law to ensure security and safety of the users. The submission was made before a bench of Chief …

Published: January 28,2016| Chennai AutoRaja, Chennai’s earliest metered auto-rickshaw aggregator, has wound up services and its top talent and the remainder of its fleet have joined Ola. AutoRaja’s customer base has been dwindling over the past two months and a …

Published: January 28,2016| New Delhi Bus aggregator Shuttl said it has completed one million rides across the National Capital Region of Delhi within six months of inception, indicating rising consumer acceptance to eco-friendly and cost-efficient means of commuting in the …

The state government has brought taxi aggregators under the ambit of Section 93 of the Motor Vehicles Act as recommended by the Union Transport Ministry. The government will soon issue a draft notification in this connection in the gazette. Transport …

Published: January 25, 2016 | Chennai On Saturday, Ola launched Ola Share, a ridesharing option, in Chennai. As part of the launch offer, Ola is offering customers a flat discount of 50 per cent on fares that use the shareride …

When former Facebook product expert Santanu Bhattacharya returned to India to join logistics venture Delhivery as its VP of technology and product he was in for a shock. Although he’d spent his childhood in Tripura, Bhattacharya lived and worked in …

Published: January 22,2016 Meta-search engine for road travel Cabsguru has tied up with ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services (OAIS) to launch intercity cab services, the company informed in a statement. The cab services will be launched in eight Indian cities including …

Uber India Systems, a local unit of the taxi aggregator, has made a marginal profit in both the years it’s been present in the country. Startups generally burn through cash in the initial years as they acquire scale and customers. The …